Woven-wire fence



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S. H. PURDY & R. B. CARSON. WOVENAWIRE FENCE.

No; 591294. Patented Oct. 5,1897.

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STEPHEN I-I. PURDY AND RAYMOND B. CARSON, OF FULTONVILLE, NEW YORK;

WOVEN-WIRE F ENCE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 591,294, dated October 5, 1897. Application filed February 10, 1897. Serial No. 622,848. (No model.)

To aZZ whom, it may concern:

Be it known that we, STEPHEN H. PURDY and RAYMOND B. CARSON, citizens of the United States, residing at Fultonville,in the county of Montgomery and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inWoven-Wire Fences and we .do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

Ourinvention has relation to improvements in woven-wire fences; and the object is to provide a simple, cheap, and durable fence which will readily adjust itself to the lay of the land.

To this end the novelty consists in the construction, combination, and arrangement of the same, as will be hereinafter more fully described, and particularly pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings the same reference-characters indicate the same parts of the invention.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a section of our improved fence comprised between two fence-posts, and Fig. 2 is an enlarged detail plan of a section of the same. The horizontal wires comprise two strands 1 and 2, forming a cable with contiguous eyes 3 4 arranged at suitable intervals, the direction of the twist of the strands being reversed at each set of eyes, as shown.

The strands 5 6 of the vertical spacing-cable are then passed downwardly from the top line of horizontal wires through the eyes 3 4 in each line of horizontal wires, and their lower ends are twisted at 7, immediately below the bottom line of horizontal wires, to permanently secure them at this point. The ver-- tical parallel strands 5 6 are then grasped about midway between the horizontal wires by a pair of clamping-jaws, (not shown,) and a horizontal rotary motion imparted to said jaws forms a right-hand and a left-hand cable-twist to the spacing-wires between each contiguous pair of horizontal fence-wires.

It will of course be understood that any number of the vertical spacing-wires may be employed, corresponding to the use to which the fence is applied, and it will be observed that the point of junction of the longitudinal wires with the vertical spacing-wires forms a double hinge-joint, which is a very desirable feature in this style of fence. This construction forms an interlocking hinge-joint at each connecting-point and permits the fence to readily adapt itself to the varying undulations of the ground without impairing its strength or efficiency.

Having thus fully described our invention, what we claim as new and useful, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is

A woven-wire fence, comprisinga twisted horizontal cable provided at intervals with contiguous eyes 3 4, the direction of the twist being reversed between each two pairs of eyes, in combination with a series of twisted vertical cables interlocking with said eyes, and having the direction of their twist reversed between each two contiguous horizontal ca bles, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof we hereunto affix our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

STEPHEN I-I. PURDY. RAYMOND B. CARSON.

Witnesses:

M. F. WEMPLE, CHARLES. DOPP. 

